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I think that's entirely what his focus is on. as for the supposed spat they had, i think that having worked for leader micconnell more thana decade i think i probably heard him yell once. the it was deliberate. he does not raise his voice in those situations and the idea they had a shouting match is not credible. >> it's clearly it wasn't a comfortable phone call. it was during that call that the president was critical of the senator's handling are not just obamacare but also the russia investigation and sanctions. hunter, again, based on what you know of the leader, what do you think he makes...

We were so careful because it was so explosive and hard to believe frankly. we have come a long way really. i mean, in terms of -- you're getting used to the idea not that necessarily that these things are true. but that they are the subject of this active fbi investigation and congressional investigation and, you know, that -- and it's come to consume part of the trump presidency. and that is -- that may explain why donald trump reacted so viscerally the way he did at the time and, you know, it's certainly come to pass this is bedevilling his presidency. >> ken dilanian, thank you so much for...

As a way of almost reassuring the base i'm told. but at the same time, you've got to always separate the hot words public with the cooler talks behind the scenes. as much as the president's at war with the speaker and the senate majority leader, the white house staffers and senate and house staffers are in touch and trying to work through the issues. >> let me ask you, you know, mitch mcconnell and paul ryan are sort of like old fashioned stereotypical dads. which dad is going to have greater patience for the public humiliation that donald trump likes to impose on his enemies if you look at je...

>> it's all about him, right. >> i think with the attacks on clapper and corker and mcconnell, everyone else, the president is someone looking for an enemy. he did really well in the primaries when he had enemies. >> 16. >> he would go through them, boom boom boom boom. take them on one by one and of course in the general election with hillary clinton he had the ultimate enemy he could go after. the democratic party doesn't have a strong enemy so he's picking them out in his own party. in his own administration. in his own intelligence community. he is someone who thrives on -- you know, this ...

The senate's abt to do a thorough investigation. and he'll wait patiently for the results of that investigation. >> and then hunter, just again, broadly speaking because so much needs to get done in september. based on what you have seen, so far, what's the number one lesson that you hope the president has learned up until this point to get things done with congress, starting in a week? >> well, again, i think the point that i would keep coming back to here is that with leader mcconnell and who i've known for 30 years, with him it is never personal. it's about winning, advancing the cause, and...